After nearly five months of bitter winter, the orcs were finally able to dig potatoes in the frozen soil again, and they could dig rat holes in the wasteland overgrown with wild corn in search of the leftover food of the guinea pigs, a nightmare for all the orcs in the Pai Plateau.This spring when everything sprouts seems to be so late.In the autumn of last year, the Shaman of Kulebolos issued a conscription order, collecting one-third of the winter storage materials of the orc tribes on the Pai Plateau to the Guruding tribe, and transferring 1,200 thunder rhinos to transport the materials worth 20,000 gold coins to the Grimm Empire to pay off the debts.This time the material collection order made last winter, almost all the orc tribes were on the verge of food and clothing, and usually only in the last month, they had to eat some sweet potatoes to satisfy their hunger, but last winter, the orcs ate sweet potatoes and ate so much that a bird faded out of their mouths.One word, poor, all poor.In such a scarcity of materials, the depressed town of Yemen finally had some improvement this spring, and it was filled with a large number of orcs who wanted to exchange for daily necessities, and food, meat, and some necessary daily necessities became the most sought-after goods in the market.This is where the black market and private auctions in Yemen's town are born, not to evade taxes, but to avoid the eyes of the lowest orcs.In addition, some transactions are destined to be gray transactions that do not see the light of day, and they need to avoid the sight of the orc tribe higher-ups.In addition to some magical equipment, rare magical metal materials, magical herbs, etc., which are not commonly traded in the market, the items traded in the auction house have also attracted the attention of the orc leaders of the tribe in this spring, and the food and slave trade has also been added.I don't know how many weak orcs starved to death and froze to death in this winter, and food became the most precious material last winter, and when the orc elders issued a closing order, the grain trade was a serious felony that could be beheaded within the territory of the orc tribe on the Pai Plateau.But there is no such thing as absolute equality in any society, and the powerful orc chieftains are still trying to make their lives more comfortable, so the black market and private auctions have become popular since last winter, and even to the point of intensification.The number of people in the auction hall continued to increase, most of them were orc warriors in gorgeous armor, these burly, tall and muscular giants with various pigtails on their heads, spears behind their backs, and short axes hanging from their waists sat on chairs like a hill, I finally knew why the Chamber of Commerce Alliance that hosted this auction chose such a venue that was more suitable for watching boxing matches, so that no matter how tall the orcs sat in front of me, it would not affect the sight of the people behind.Some female orc warriors with convex and concave bodies and soft curves are not shuttling in the venue, their bodies are not as majestic as the orc male warriors, but it can be seen that those toned bodies are full of wildness and explosiveness, although the appearance is not high, but it is also very eye-catching.Of course, there were also some orc shamans in mage robes, these shriveled old orcs with various oil paints on their faces and various patterns on their bodies were often more status, and they would be placed in seats closer to the stands, even if there were already other people seated there, as long as these shamans walked by, no matter who would take the initiative to get out of the way.I even saw a group of merchants from the Human Chamber of Commerce retreating to the back row with their faces undifferent, and I thought to myself, so the status of the shamans here is so high!
Sister Guoguo saw that it had no effect on my persuasion, so she ignored me and turned her head to whisper in Qiangbach's ear, the two of them have been more compatible recently, and their every move seems very natural and tacit.I sighed secretly in my heart: once a woman falls in love, she will forget all the people around her, and there seems to be only one person in her eyes.Kig looked at me a little surprised, and with a teasing look on his face, he put it next to my ear and asked me, "Do you want me to switch seats with Caterina and let her comfort you?"
”I glared at her angrily, and was about to argue with her.Because the people around her are usually her subordinates, there are probably few people who talk to her as friends like I do, so she seems to enjoy arguing with me like this.But another door in the venue suddenly opened at this time, and the sound of metal chains rubbing against each other was crisp and harsh, which meant that the auction would officially kick off, and the venue became quiet, and I swallowed the words I was about to blurt out into my stomach, and looked into the venue with bated breath, and saw the orc auctioneer in a suit Koro striding in, followed by a row of orc waiters holding various items.I saw Keluo stride to the square platform in the center, bow around, and then straighten up and said in a loud voice: "Thank you for coming to this private auction organized by the Yemen United Business Alliance.If the goods cannot be paid in cash in person after the on-site auction, the transaction will be failed and a fine of 10% of the value of the goods will be punished, and the alliance of the Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for recovery.In addition, the bid price of each order in the free auction shall not be less than one silver, and the bid price of each order in the official auction shall not be less than ten silver. ”"Due to the recent auction of more items, in the next is not much nonsense, then enter the free auction this link, everyone on the field has the right to show their goods once, have a minute to introduce their goods and quote the low price, if no one bids within 10 seconds, it will be regarded as a failed auction, then it is the turn of the next person to continue to auction their own goods.Well, the first thing to show you below is the items that you have entrusted to the trade association to auction freely, please bring the first item to you!
”The speed of his speech is not slow, but his voice is very recognizable, and there are long enough pauses between each sentence that he can tell at a glance that he is a professional auctioneer.He strode forward and greeted an orc waiter who had walked into the square platform, and lifted the black cloth on the tray on the lid, and saw three bottles of wound medicine neatly lined up on the wooden pallet."
Three bottles of wound medicine, there is nothing to introduce, a must-have first-aid magic medicine for wild hunting, three bottles of reserve price of fifty silver!
Now the bidding begins!
”Ke Luo waved his hand, and his voice stopped when it was falling.I'm afraid that everyone in the auction hall didn't expect that there would be such a sought-after commodity as soon as the free auction came up, the wound medicine belongs to the category of magic potions, which can greatly improve the vitality of the user in a short period of time, this is one of the necessary drugs for the wild lone rangers, because the usual output has been less than the demand, so it is difficult to see a large number of wound medicines appear in the market, and because the manufacturing cost and value of the wound medicine have become transparent, most of the wound medicines have been sold on the market at the price of fifteen to twenty silver coins a bottle, The price is ridiculously high, and no one will care.The price of these three bottles of wound medicine is not low, and it is not cheap to buy it, but it will not be much more expensive than the one sold in the outside market, and if you buy it in the outside market, you have to try your luck.Where have I seen such an auction scene in my usual life, this time it was an eye-opener, and it was in the orc town, the central bidder was actually an orc, and most of the people around the auction were orcs, only to see that the auctioneer Keluo's voice just fell, there was a buzzing whisper on the field, and in the area opposite me, three voices came at the same time: "I give out fifty silver coins." ”The atmosphere became warm, and there was such a strong enthusiasm for buying at the beginning, but Luo certainly wouldn't let such an embarrassing scene appear, I saw standing on the square platform holding a bottle of wound medicine with one hand, turned to look at the stands opposite me, and then said in a deep voice: "The second quotation from the left in the third row in the front row is valid, please continue to increase the price." ”"Fifty-two.""
Fifty-five.""
Fifty-six."
In the end, three bottles of wound medicine were bought by a minotaur in the audience for fifty-six silver, and his mountain-like body made me smack my tongue.This guy must be more than three meters tall, and his fist alone is bigger than my head, so if this is slapped down, it won't swatt me to death like a fly.Seeing such a strong orc warrior, I think he is probably also preparing to enter the wasteland.At this time, I saw Kuz look at me and gesture to me with his eyes, and the expression seemed to say: Look, we orc warriors are strong enough!
The items that Keluo asked the waiters to bring up one after another, with ordinary weapons and armor being the most common, these well-maintained items were precisely the least purchasing power in the venue, such as the double-edged axe forged from black iron, which was unwanted, and it was embarrassingly lost.Koro is like a never-ending player, standing in the middle of the square platform all the time without even drinking saliva, he can talk non-stop.Finally, it was the turn of a female orc attendant to walk up with a wooden plate, and Koro lifted the black cloth on it, revealing a scroll of magic scrolls stacked on top of each other, but these magic scrolls were much smaller than ordinary magic scrolls, more like pocket scrolls.And not one, but a whole tray.When such a magic item appears in a free auction, it will make people feel that this item is not worth more than the wound medicine or the black iron forged crescent axe that someone has just bought for sixty-three silver hammers.The auction floor finally became noisy again, after all, it was magic items that appeared, and there were so many at once.The orc Koro put a scroll into his palm, so that a magic scroll with the thickness of his thumb and a length of only ten centimeters looked very small in Koro's palm, but he introduced it very seriously: "This is a magic scroll engraved with fire gathering magic, the designer has a unique style, and changed it into a kind of wild survival product, of course, if you are a magician, I'm afraid you won't need it, the function of this scroll is portable field cooking and heating."
The clever designer is a magic scroll specially designed for this spring wilderness hunt in the north, so I will not quote you the bidding price of the scroll, this scroll will be the last item of our free auction to participate in the auction, the reason why it is taken out now is because we have asked for the consent of the owner of the scroll, first show you the function of the scroll.Ask the waiter to bring a brazier below!
”Immediately a waiter came up with a charcoal brazier with an iron shelf, only to see the orc Koro directly reach out to untie the malian grass rope buckle of this scroll, and spread it into a palm-sized parchment in his hand, I sat in the last row of the stands and could clearly see the magic pattern circle above, only to see a soft flame coming out of the magic scroll's circle, before burning to Koro's hand, he was thrown into the charcoal brazier by Koro, and the next moment the flames rushed out of the entire brazier."
According to the owner of the scroll, this magic scroll of the fire gathering technique can release magic flames, and the specific burning time is unknown.So now, let's let this scroll burn out all the time, and all the free auction items sold by the United Business Alliance have ended, so if any of you want to sell or exchange items, please come to the stage in order. ”Koro stood near the steps of the square platform and said to everyone.The magic pattern circle in the magic scroll releases the energy in the magic ink, and these magic energy runs along the route in the magic pattern circle, and finally forms a burning red flame, the flame center of the flame is pale yellow, and it seems that the temperature should not be very high.The flame filled the charcoal brazier, and the glow of the magical flame shone on the uncertain faces of everyone in the room.It is not uncommon to be able to use magic in life, many expensive luxury goods seem to need to be engraved with some small magic pattern arrays to show their high-end atmosphere, and magic scrolls are not unavailable on the market, but when these simple and cheap life magic scrolls that are only the size of the palm and easy to carry appear on the free auction, the meaning of this becomes different again, the problem lies in the price positioning of these scrolls, once such a simplified version of the fire-gathering scroll appears, The conditions for camping in the wilderness have been significantly improved, and such magic scrolls are inconsequential to mages or teams with mage members, but they can be valuable for those who walk alone in the wasteland or for an adventuring party composed of warriors alone.